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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Claverley like this:
CLAVERLEY, a township and a parish in Bridgnorth district, Salop. The township lies near the boundary with Stafford, 5¼ miles E of Bridgnorth town and r. station; and has a post office‡ under Bridgnorth. The parish contains also the townships of Aston, Beobridge, Broughton, Dallicott, Farmcott, Gatacre, Heathton, Hopstone, Ludstone, Shipley, Sutton, and Woundale. ...
Acres, 8, 143. Real property, £16, 278. Pop., 1, 667. Houses, 368. The property is not much divided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £305.* Patron, John Beedham, Esq. The church is good; and there are charities £90.
Claverley is now part of SHROPSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how SHROPSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Claverley itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Claverley in Shropshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10202
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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